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I solemnly swear I will not write this review lovingly mocking Will!iam SHATner’s cadence. But an understanding reader will grant me at least the title? Yesterday I finished listening to Together Tonight, an audio play in which the writings of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, audiobook, history, Norman Corwin, politics, the play is the thing, Thomas Jefferson
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Together Tonight: A Founding Fathers Triwizard Tournament
After listening to The Rivalry, a play based on the Lincoln-Douglas debates and delivered with aplomb by the Los Angeles Theater Works Productions company, I wanted to experience more of LATW. Then I saw this, another play based on debate … Continue reading
The Rivalry
The Rivalry proceeds from an ambitious and fascinating idea for a play. The Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858 led to Douglas being elected to the Senate, but they also allowed for a sustained public debate over slavery—and gave Lincoln far more … Continue reading
Sean Bean, King Arthur, and Twelve Other Angry Men
Over the weekend I listened to two audiobooks: Sean Bean reading King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, an edition collected by Benedict Flynn; and an ensemble cast performing the original teleplay of Twelve Angry Men, the classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur, audiobook, law, Los Angeles Theater Works, mythology, the play is the thing
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Grease (is the word)
I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve watched Grease over the years: much of its music is firmly lodged in my head (and insisted on playing itself as I read this), so you might say I’m a fan. Grease: … Continue reading
A Tudor Christmas
Alison Weir’s A Tudor Christmas is a short social history of how Christmas was celebrated in the days of Henry VIII and his daughters. (And, ever so briefly, his son.) After some background information on the different cultural traditions that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Weir, Britain, history, Medieval, seasonal, social history, the play is the thing, Tudor England
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“Our revels now are ended…”
This past weekend I was privileged to see one of the final performances of Greta Lambert at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, where she performed the role of Prospero in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”. I’d never seen or even read “The Tempest” … Continue reading
Monroeville and TKAM
Monroeville and the Stage Production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” © 2023 John M. Williams160 pages The first time I ever visited Monroeville, I had the dumb luck to arrive on a day when the courthouse-turned-museum was hosting a theatrical … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, arts-entertainment, Harper Lee, history, race, the play is the thing
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Fools and Mortals
Fools and Mortals© 2017 Bernard Cornwell384 pages Brevity is the soul of wit, so here’s an attempt at a quick review. Bernard Cornwell usually writes war novels, and he’s magnificent at it. But he surely gets tired of it, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Cornwell, Britain, historical fiction, London, Shakespeare, the play is the thing
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